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Sunday, July 27, 2003, Chandigarh, India

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PSEB detects 100 cases of power theft
SAS Nagar, July 26
In one of the largest drives undertaken on a single day, a team of the Punjab State Electricity Board, Mohali circle, conducted raids on various places in the city periphery today to check the theft of power and collected Rs 2.75 lakh as penalty. Over 100 cases of power theft in various forms were detected during these raids.

PUDA notices to 266 property owners
Residents plan to move court
SAS Nagar, July 26
At least 266 house owners here stand to lose their properties worth crores of rupees to the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority for no apparent fault of theirs. PUDA has issued show cause notices to the owners of 266 residential houses and asked them to explain why the occupation certificates, issued to them by PUDA, should not be cancelled.

REGIONAL BRIEFS

EARLIER STORIES

	Dacoits strike at Palheri village, three injured July 26, 2003
	Robbers club father, son to death July 25, 2003
	Jagraon SSP’s security guard rains bullets at car July 24, 2003
	35 shops gutted in fire July 23, 2003
	Kidnapped boy returns July 22, 2003
	Decomposed body of missing boy found July 21, 2003
	11-yr-old boy abducted July 20, 2003
	UT curtails security for Judges July 19, 2003
	Sec 22 girl murdered in her house July 18, 2003
	29 Dalits restrained from joining UT police July 17, 2003

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Candlelight vigil in Kargil martyrs’ memory
Chandigarh, July 26
A candlelight memorial service to observe Vijay Divas in the memory of Kargil martyrs was organised by the All India Anti-Terrorist Front at Sector 17 Plaza here today.

Candlelight memorial service organised by the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front in memory of Kargil martyrs in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Photo Manoj Mahajan

Candlelight memorial service organised by the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front in memory of Kargil martyrs in Sector 17, Chandigarh

Computer dealers cheated of lakhs
Chandigarh, July 26
A local computer trader has allegedly duped many computer hardware dealers of millions of rupees. A complaint has been lodged at the public window system of the UT police against him by the Association of Computer Traders and Professionals yesterday.

Panjab varsity asks UT to reverse fee hike
Chandigarh, July 26
Panjab University syndicate has asked the UT Administration to reverse the fee hike for the university and the local affiliated colleges announced recently. The issue sprung up in wake of the Punjab Government announcing a complete rollback on the proposed rates recently.

Raveena comes late, but captivates

Chandigarh, July 26
Raveena Tandon can manage to keep people waiting. So when she arrived about 40 minutes late than the scheduled time this afternoon, no grumbles were heard.

Raveena in city as ambassadress

Ravishing Raveena Tandon casts a spell during her visit to the city for the inauguration of VLCC’s new look clinic in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan

COMMUNITY

Pop stars enthrall audience on Press Club’s Founder’s Day

Chandigarh, July 26
With seven Punjabi pop stars descending on the same venue, things could not have gone any better for the music lovers here. They could immerse themselves in Bhupinder Kaur’s folk tunes, feel Harshdeep’s “Lambi Judai” or dance to the peppy beat with Ashok Masti, all in a single night.

Audience dance to the tune of Shankar Sahni, who performed at the Chandigarh Press Club on Saturday. — Photo Pawan Kumar

Audience dance to the tune of Shankar Sahni, who performed at the Chandigarh Press Club

Jethmalani to traders’ rescue
Chandigarh, July 26
The Commercial Tenants Association, a body of shopkeepers who have been protesting against the amendment to the notification to the Rent Act, will have the support of one of the country’s top constitutional lawyer, Mr Ram Jethmalani.

Drive to check adulterated mustard oil
Chandigarh, July 26
The UT health authorities have launched a campaign to check the sale of adulterated mustard oil, which could lead to a possible outbreak of dropsy. Acting on the directions of the Central Government to check the sale of mustard oil, adulterated with argemone, a team of health officials have already started conducting raids.

Patient dies as relatives look for stretcher
Panchkula, July 26
Relatives of an old woman who died while being taken to the hospital, created hue and cry at the General Hospital here, when they could not find a stretcher to take her to the Emergency ward from the parking area this evening.

Threat to gherao police station
Dera Bassi, July 26
Residents of Barauli village have threatened to gherao the police station if the police fails to arrest three persons involved in a assault case.

Kirtan marks Guru's birth anniversary
Chandigarh, July 26
Shabad Gayan and Kirtan by students marked the birth anniversary of Sri Guru Harkishan Sahib which was celebrated at Sri Guru Harkishan Public School in Sector 40 here today.

Students present a shabad during the birth anniversary function of Sri Guru Harkishan at Sri Guru Harkishan Public School, Sector 40, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

CRIME

Girl raped
Chandigarh, July 26
An unmarried girl in her mid-twenties from Gurdaspur district doing a professional course in the city was allegedly raped by a youth from her home district, late last night.

Body recovered from well
Panchkula, July 26
The body of a 60-year-old woman, resident of Naddha village near here, was recovered from a well in the village this afternoon. The victim, Chinto Devi, was reportedly suffering from depression and was missing since yesterday.

EDUCATION

Evasive clouds dishearten schoolchildren Chandigarh, July 26 Evasive clouds and a sunny day played spoilsport. No, the farmers had nothing to do with this. Instead, eager schoolchildren, looking forward to a cloud watching exercise, had to make do with pictures of various types of clouds though they gazed at the sky with longing eyes, hoping that the rain god would oblige.
Students of Moti Ram Arya School, Panchkula, on a cloud-watching exercise at Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre, Sector 12, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Photo Parvesh Chauhan

Computer course at subsidised fee
Chandigarh, July 26
The Lions Club Chandigarh Greater is offering a one-year computer diploma at subsidised fee at its Vocational Training Centre, Sector 30. Candidates with the minimum qualification of matriculation and whose family income does not exceed Rs 60,000 per annum can collect application forms on a payment of Rs 10 each.

COURTS

Court verdict on Sukhna hailed
Chandigarh, July 26
The verdict of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directing the Chief Engineers of Punjab, Haryana and the UT Administration to ensure that the water level in the Sukhna lake does not rise beyond the level stipulated by the BBMB has sent a wave of relief and jubilation among the citizens concerned about the safety and future of the lake.

CULTURE

Virtuoso mesmerises audience
Chandigarh, July 26
Jalandhar based Alankar Singh today mesmerised audience with his vocal presentation at Government Museum auditorium. A lecturer in music at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, he received training in classical music and Sikh devotional music in the “guru-shishya parampara” from Gurmat Sangeet Acharya Prof Tara Singh, a renowned musicologist and composer.

Western Film Review
Action-packed mediocre film
CHANDIGARH: It is raining mediocrity. If inadequacies of “Charlie’s Angels ... inundated your nerves three weeks ago, it is a flood of trivia you wade through in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” (Kiran) this week.

Kristina Loken and Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”.

SPORTS

Minerva Academy in final
Chandigarh, July 26
Minerva Academy trounced Scavengers XI by 106 runs to face JJ Sports XI in the final of the first Lt Col IS Deol Memorial Cricket Tournament to be played at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 tomorrow. JJ Sports XI outplayed Century Steel XI by four wickets.

Badminton meet begins
Chandigarh, July 26
The two-day Haryana Officers First Badminton Championship began this morning at indoor stadium on the office premises of Haryana Police Housing Corporation, Panchkula.